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Saudi authorities thwart attempt to smuggle over 1m amphetamine pills in Tabuk

Maritime patrols thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,056,162 amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic barrels. (File/SPA)
Maritime patrols thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,056,162 amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic barrels. (File/SPA)
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Updated 09 February 2022

Saudi authorities thwart attempt to smuggle over 1m amphetamine pills in Tabuk

Saudi authorities thwart attempt to smuggle over 1m amphetamine pills in Tabuk
  • The tablets had been seized and initial legal measures have been taken

RIYADH: Authorities in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than one million amphetamine pills in the Kingdom’s northwestern region.
Spokesman for the General Directorate of Border Guards Lt. Col. Misfer Al-Quraini said that during a security follow-up to the activities and attempts to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom, maritime patrols in the Al-Wajh sector in the Tabuk region thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,056,162 amphetamine tablets hidden in plastic barrels.
Al-Quraini said the tablets had been seized and handed over to the competent authority, and initial legal measures have been taken.